Question

A bouquet of flowers contains 5 less roses than daisies, and 3 times as many daisies as tulips. If there are m tulips in the bouquet, how many roses are there?

Answer 1

`3m-5`

Explanation:

There are m tulips

There are 3 times as many daisies as tulips, so number of daisies is:

daisies = 3m

There are 5 less roses than daisies, then roses are:

3m - 5

Hence, number of roses (in terms of m) is 3m - 5